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C/2015 T4 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 716.50 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Oct 16 04h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.289 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.781 AU
Right ascension05 53 44.21 h m s
Declination+02 32 31.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 20151016 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15T040 KC2015 10 16.20302 05 53 44.21 +02 32 31.8          18.4 R      W96
    CK15T040 KC2015 10 16.21484 05 53 44.00 +02 32 18.3          18.4 R      W96
    CK15T040 KC2015 10 16.22710 05 53 43.76 +02 32 04.5          18.5 R      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details33 x 80s
Moon elongation145 °
Air mass2.33
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Oct 16 18h09m24s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 16 18h15m10s

(Record n° 14621)

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